ARIZONA --LAND OF THE PRICKLY DESERT

DESERT IN THE HIGH COUNTRY



JER'S DESERT BIKE RIDE



QZ'S 47 ARM SAGURO CACTUS



A BEAUTIFUL SUNSET IN ARIZONA



LAKE ALAMO-HOME OF THE BEST BASS FISHING



NICE SILHOUETTE

HISTORY OF QUARTZSITE
In 1856, settler Charles Tyson built a fort 
at the present site of Quartzsite
to protect his water supply from attacks by Native Americans.
Fort Tyson soon became a stopover
on the Ehrenburg-to-Prescott stagecoach route.
It became known as Tyson's Wells by the time
the stage stopped running
and the town was abandoned.
A small mining boom revitalized the town as Quartzsite in 1897
and it remained thus until 1965,
when the Pow Wow Rock, Gem & Mineral Show began
the rockhound winter migration to Quartzsite each year.
These days, the population can swell to almost a million
during January and February as rockhounders,
jewelers and vendors, mostly in thousands of RVs, 
attend the 8 major gem and mineral shows.

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